Australia
Australian Professional Leagues launches football content platform KeepUp
Australian football's Australian Professional Leagues has launched a new website and mobile app-based football content platform, KeepUp
Cricket Australia ‘has talks with Silver Lake’ amid gloomy financial projections
Cricket Australia has had talks with American private equity firm Silver Lake about a potential investment, according to local media
Serie A values down across France and APAC in new beIN deal
Italian Serie A rights values have declined by around a third in France and Southeast Asia under a deal with beIN Sports, mirroring recent trends in those markets.
Wowow renews rights to Australian Open
Japanese pay-television broadcaster Wowow has renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis grand slam in a multi-year deal beginning in 2022
BeIN and Stan acquire Autumn Nations Series rights in Australia
BeIN Sports and Stan Sport have both acquired non-exclusive media rights in Australia covering all matches from the upcoming Autumn Nations Series of rugby union test matches
Victoria Racing Club strikes deal with virtual racing platform Zed Run
Melbourne's Flemington horse racing track will appear on virtual, NFT-powered horse racing platform Zed Run under a deal with Victoria Racing Club
Sports Flick founder ‘sues former business partners’
Dylan Azzopardi, the businessman behind Australian sports streaming platform Sports Flick, is suing the current owner of the company, Dominic Galati, for A$12.7m ($9.5m/€8.2
Silver Lake ‘in advanced talks’ for A-Leagues stake
US investment firm Silver Lake is close to acquiring a 30-per-cent stake in the commercial rights business of Australia's domestic football leagues, according to Australian newspapers the Sun-Herald and…
Network Ten adds FA Cup rights to football portfolio
ViacomCBS-owned Australian broadcaster Network Ten has acquired rights to the English FA Cup
Nine ‘close to NRL renewal’
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is close to extending its biggest sports media rights property, free-to-air rights for the National Rugby League, according to local media
Premier League launches Australia media rights tender
The English Premier League last week launched a media rights tender in Australia for its upcoming rights cycle, 2022-23 to 2024-25, with first-round bids due by November 15
Seven retains Commonwealth Games rights in exclusive deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired exclusive media rights to the XXII Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Birmingham next year from July 28 to August 8
Foxtel, ABC renew Women’s NBL rights
Australia's Women's National Basketball League has renewed domestic media-rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and public-service broadcaster ABC for the 2021-22 season
Foxtel to broadcast all WBBL matches for first time
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will show all 59 matches of the Women's Big Bash League for the first time
Nine pays increase for US Open to secure grand slam in Australia
Nine Entertainment’s deal for exclusive US Open rights has completed its set of grand slam tennis tournaments in Australia.
Australian Open secures strong increase from 10-year Discovery renewal
Discovery paid a significant fee increase to renew its Australian Open rights in Europe, with both sides seeing benefits in a 10-year term.
Foxtel renews US Masters rights
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has renewed its rights for the US Masters golf tournament in a multi-year deal beginning with the 2022 event
Seven takes reins of Racing NSW rights until 2027
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is reported to have secured a deal to broadcast all major Racing New South Wales events, including the Everest and the Golden Slipper, until 2027